The Secret Supper: A Novel - Brossura

Sierra, Javier

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ISBN 10: 0743287657 ISBN 13: 9780743287654

Casa editrice: Washington Square Press, 2007

Riassunto

Sent by Pope Alejandro VI to oversee the completion of Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" at the beginning of 1497, Dominican inquisitor Fray Agustin Leyre investigates the master artist's omission of key elements and use of symbolic imagery, which suggests that a mysterious message has been coded into the painting. Reprint. 200,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"Sierra's narrative moves smoothly, fluidly...[and makes] art history palatable and exciting." -- Los Angeles Times

"A fascinating yarn and very well told.... Speaks volumes about Leonardo's mastery with a brush." -- San Francisco Chronicle

"For fans of religious conspiracy and reinterpretations of religious history." -- The Washington Post

"Offers a new way of interpreting The Last Supper...[and] a fresh contribution to the da Vinci industry." -- Publishers Weekly

"A most satisfying entertainment....The monastic life has not been depicted as vividly by any novelist since Umberto Eco's bestselling Name of the Rose." -- Daily News (New York)

L'autore:

Javier Sierra, whose works have been translated into thirty-five languages, is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Secret Supper . A native of Teruel, Spain, he currently lives in Málaga.

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• Editore: Washington Square Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0743287657
• ISBN 13: 9780743287654
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368